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April is a big month for the Steins;Gate franchise. The official website of the Steins;Gate movie has announced that Steins;Gate Fuka Ryoiki no déjà-vu is scheduled to premiere on April 20 in Japan. The movie will introduce a brand new story which...

When Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home’s premise was revealed last month, I kept on wondering what that -certain item- was. Finally, it was shown in the TV ad streamed by Pony Canyon in their official YouTube Channel.

Namco Bandai have released a large batch of screenshots for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2, featuring the entire Straw Hat crew and Eneru. Take a look at them showing their attacks off below. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 will be released in North ...

On February 1st, it was announced that Itano Tomomi would be graduating from AKB48 this year. Itano’s graduation was announced in AKB48’s documentary film, ‘DOCUMENTARY OF AKB48: NO FLOWER WITHOUT RAIN Shoujo Tachi wa Namida no Ato ni Nani wo Miru?

Whether it's the Power Rangers, Ultraman, or Kamen Rider, male Japanese superheroes have one thing in common: they are tough and masculine. These poses aren't. Blogger BakAnki snapped pictures of the superhero figurines doing poses that are, as he...

Ajo is a regular at Taiwanese game events, decked in dangerously skimpy garb. She's one of Taiwan's most famous cosplayers. For Ajo, cosplay has been more than a hobby, but a way to strive to drop 40 pounds and look like the idealized characters s...

Japanese re-imagining of Chinese classic novel relocated to Chiba Prefecture A television anime titled Tenpo Suidoken NEO has been green-lit. The anime is based off an old Japanese story, which in turn was inspired by the classic Chinese novel Sui...

The official website for the Code Geass: Akito the Exiled video series began streaming the advance promotional video for the second volume on Friday. The volume has been delayed from this spring to this summer.

Penultimate chapter to debut in 16 theaters on March 2 with theme by Aimer Bandai's Anime Channel service began streaming the second 90-second English trailer for episode 6 of the Mobile Suit Gundam UC anime series on Friday.

Anime short to be included in 2nd Blu-ray/DVD on February 22 The official website for the Girls und Panzer television anime began streaming a digest video of "Survival War," the 14-minute original video anime included in the second Blu-ray Disc/DV...

Tohoshinki releases “In Our Time” short PV by elliefilet on February 1, 2013 at 9:17 am Tohoshinki have released the short PV for “In Our Time“! “In Our Time” is a track from the group’s upcoming sixth Japanese album ‘Time‘.

26-episode series to get bilingual DVD release this year North American anime distributor Discotek Media announced on Friday that it has licensed the 26-episode Tenjho Tenge television anime series. The company plans to release the series this yea...

event It has just been announced that the GazettE will be performing at the Russian rock festival "KUBANA", which will be held for the fifth time in Anapa at the Black Sea. The event will be held over the course of August 1st to 7th and will featu...

AKB48 1st Generation member Itano Tomomi revealed at the premiere of AKB48&prime;s documentary &ldquo;No Flower Without Rain&rdquo; that she plans to graduate within the year. She appeared before the press on the stage set up for greetings and int...

After a couple weeks of Medaka Box staff work and the like, Gainax has returned to posting Gurren Lagann tributes in their site's weekly welcome illustration. The latest piece is quite a stunner. Naochika Morishita, an illustrator on ancillary Gu...

Following the first Girls und Panzer Blu-ray/DVD's inclusion of a "Water Wars" OVA, volume 2, due on February 22nd, will feature a bit of camping adventure in the 14 minute "Survival Wars" bonus episode.

Details have been revealed for the March 20th release of Japanese rock band Flow's single for their theme song to upcoming Dragon Ball Z anime movie Battle of Gods. Their cover of classic opening "Cha-La-Head-Cha-La" will be paired with "HERO ~Son...

As part of Nintendo's third quarter financial results briefing, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata addressed one of the ways Nintendo plans for 3DS to succeed in markets outside of Japan. Good news: One of the strategies involves bringing more Japane...

Discotek jumped on Facebook once again to outline plans for Blue Submarine No. 6, which was previously licensed by Bandai Entertainment, The remastered DVD is scheduled for release this year, and will include the original English dub, as well as t...

Spring 2013 Visual Guide and Anime Schedule Posted by pKjd on Feb 1, 2013 @ 10:26 am 1 Feb 「巳」 by (秋赤音) *Note: This list will continuously be updated as further premiere dates are announced. All recent activity concerning this post will be made pu...

Nintendo subsidiary, Brownie Brown, are undergoing some changes. Brownie Brown, a studio best known for its involvement in Mother 3 has also worked on various similar interesting projects in recent years, most notably the London Life mode in Pro...

DVD to ship with manga's 13th volume on February 28, BD release to follow on May 24 An announcement video and a promotional video for the Nozoki Ana original video anime project began streaming on Thursday.

There’s only two weeks until Valentine’s Day. For many men in Japan, it is a day of unease and loneliness. That’s because on Valentine’s Day in Japan, only women give presents to men, usually in the form of chocolate.

SuBLime, the boys-love imprint of the North American manga publisher Viz Media, announced on Thursday that it has licensed six manga titles: Man of Tango Tetuzoh Okadaya The one-volume manga follows Angie, "The Man of Tango" whose never truly felt...

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